The DEAD in Christ
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by: Timothy
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Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 Time: 5:29 PM
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There was a joke that a fellow baptist brother told me that I want to share with you that has to do with what will happen when Christ comes back to claim his church. The Joke seemed sort of funny at first until I got to thinking about it, then it troubled me. (My friend said "I heard that the Baptist people would be the first called out when Christ returns". Why I asked? He said "because the bible say's in 1Thessalonians 4:16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and thedead in Christ shall rise first:"
Boy, that's some kind of testimony! To be considered dead. To be dead means to be lifeless an useless. How can the Lord use his saints if they are dead. How can we witness to the lost if we have no voice because it is silent like a dead corpse? I know that the above passage means that the saints that have gone home to be with the lord will return for their glorified bodies to be risen and changed into a glorified state but the very thought of my friends joke hit home to the truth.
You might say to yourself that "I go to church every Sunday and that is what the Lord expects of me" but to tell the truth there is much more expected of you than attending Church services. There is alot more than just reading your Bible once in a while. The truth is that we need to get out and start doing the Fathers business. We need to tell others about the gift of eternal life that Jesus mad possible for us. The only walking dead in truth is those who are not born again. If we can get enough gumption to go out and do what eh Lord told us to do. These walking dead would have the chance to inherit Eternal Life through Christ Jesus. Mark 16:15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
Jesus took the time to come from Glory and die for our sins. Why can't we take the time to tell others about what he did for us? Come back to life folks!
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Tim Davis, is the webmaster of PCIM Christian Fellowship Message Board at http://parsonscorner.org/pcimunity/ If you wish to discuss this matter further, please feel free to visit and start a thread.
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